Normative Growth Expectations Must Be Realistic: A Response to Phillips and Clarizio |
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| Authors: | Wendy M Yen |
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| Institution: | Principal Research Psychologist at CTBIMcGraw-Hill, 2500 Garden Road, Monterey, CA 93940. She specializes in test theory and item response theory. |
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| Abstract: | Phillips and Clarizio (1988) make a serious error In concluding that developmental standard score scales produce unrealistic expectations for growth of low-achieving students. The nature of their error is described in this response to their paper. |
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